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<span id="design-and-overview"></span><h1>LLVM Design &amp; Overview<a class="headerlink" href="#llvm-design-overview" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<li><p class="first"><a class="reference external" href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a></p>
<p>Defines the LLVM intermediate representation.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><a class="reference external" href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler</a></p>
<p>Presentation providing a users introduction to LLVM.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><a class="reference external" href="http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html">Intro to LLVM</a></p>
<p>Book chapter providing a compiler hacker&#8217;s introduction to LLVM.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><a class="reference external" href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework forLifelong Program Analysis &amp; Transformation</a></p>
<p>Design overview.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><a class="reference external" href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for Multi-Stage Optimization</a></p>
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<p>Answers to some very frequent questions about LLVM&#8217;s most frequently
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